Nevada State Bird

Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoides

Adopted:1967

Nevada State Bird: Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)

Adoption of the Nevada State Bird

It was a long time coming...

The Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs, during the years 1930 and 1931, by vote of the citizens and
school children of the state, selected the mountain bluebird as their choice for the state bird of Nevada.

In 1967, Clark County Assemblyman Stan Irwin introduced a bill to designate
the mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) the official state bird of the State of Nevada. The bill was
approved by both houses of the Nevada Legislature and signed by Governor Paul Laxalt on April 4, 1967.

The Nevada Statutes

The following information is excerpted from the Nevada Statutes, Title 19, Chapter 235,
Section 235.060.

TITLE 19-MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
CHAPTER 235-STATE EMBLEMS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS, STATE SEAL AND MOTTO.
SECTION 235.060.

NRS 235.060 State bird. The bird known as the Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) is hereby
designated as the official state bird of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 702)

Additional Information

State Birds & Flowers 1000-pc Puzzle:
Created at the request of The National Wildlife Federation this design is a beautiful and informative puzzle featuring every state bird perched on the appropriate state flower.

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols:
A Study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals,
flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and on some of the leading state histories,
Revised Edition - George Earlie Shankle, Ph.D., The H.W. Wilson Company, 1938 (Reprint Services Corp. 1971)